Loneliness

Loneliness is one of the scariest situations people will ever face. George and Lennie do very well with being lonely and alienated. So I chose this theme to share my thoughts about. In Of Mice and Men, Lennie and George share a bond. A bond that through which they face loneliness, together. Lennie shows this when he and George are talking and he says: "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They belong no place" (Steinbeck 13). George and Lennie stick together to get through any hassle they may face. Shurgot, Michael W. in his criticism of, Of Mice and Men, speaks upon loneliness and alienation of the characters in the novel. "On the ranch itself, the most hopelessly alienated character besides Candy are Crooks and Curley's wife. Fortune has been kind to neither Crooks or Curley's wife, and their lives emphasize the pervasive isolation (and occasional despair) that haunts Steinbeck's characters" (Shurgot 363). Michael W. Shurgot pin-points the theme marvelously. He shows that Steinbeck sets up these "symbols" purposely. John Steinbeck chose a timeless theme, when he picked loneliness. Anyone in the world can relate to it, and everyone has felt it at one point in time.